Question

Match the following Enlightenment Thinker with their Philosophy

Question 1 options:

Men and women should have access to the same educational opportunities

Argued in favor of Absolute Monarchies

Laid the foundation for the modern science of economics, believed all people have a natural desire to better their lives.

Influenced the creation of the Constitution of the United States

1.

Mary Wollstonecraft
2.

Hobbes
3.

Montesquieu
4.

Adam Smith

Answer 1

Answers:

• MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT = Men and women should have access to the same educational opportunities
• THOMAS HOBBES = Argued in favor of Absolute Monarchies
• ADAM SMITH = Laid the foundation for the modern science of economics, believed all people have a natural desire to better their lives.
• MONTESQUIEU = Influenced the creation of the Constitution of the United States

Key books by those philosophers in those areas:

• Mary Wollstonecraft, Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787)
• Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651)
• Adam Smith, Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)
• Montesquieu, Spirit of the Laws (1748)